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may edition

"The Give Up"
by Ellen Marie Selm

Mass Illusion
by Demetrius Heath

Writers Block
by Tiffany Simons

Treasure In The Sky
by Courtney Flores

Untitled
by Patricia Worth

Crazy
by Sasha Bronner

Untitled
by Amaka Okechukwu

The Wolf
by Courtney








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Writers Block
by Tiffany Simons

simple sketches hide from sight
     an itch across the spine
            places on cannot reach
a wall to high to climb
tripped upon shoelaces
      fear of those forbidden places
            wax food kept under reflective glass
asleep watching roses bloom on TV
a lack of inspiration from falling rain
spring never warms these thoughts
colors forget
      to fill up drunken stares
blank paper haunts
                  taunts
                        destroys
One sentence left
            to describe a stunted mind
shallow screams,
      no one notices
            the mute so often left unseen
one cannot hold the raging river
behind a wicked storm
a mighty sword felled by
      reason
            thought
                  and me.
seeking to define, deny, realize
this untouchable itch.



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